Update from Coach Sean Payton's Monday news conference

Meeting with the media for the final time this season, Saints Coach Sean Payton refused to definitively answer questions about the futures of running back Deuce McAllister and Defensive Coordinator Gary Gibbs. Payton told a reporter that he didn't have to answer a question about whether McAllister would be with the team next season, and he said that a question about Gibbs' future was unfair.

Payton also said that running back Reggie Bush recently had arthroscopic surgery on his knee and was on crutches at the Saints' facility in Metairie for a team meeting Monday. Defensive end Jeff Charleston will have surgery soon on a broken hand, and guard Jahri Evans and receiver Marques Colston might undergo arthroscopic surgery, according to Payton.

The only member of the team excused from Monday's meeting was cornerback Aaron Glenn, whose wife is pregnant. Coaches are now expected to take a week off before returning to begin team evaluations.